Sir, I think now that this is *NOT* *Bauhinia* *blakeana.* Because, later i witnessed seedpod growing on this tree and i uploaded the same in another post - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/seedpod$20-$20bauhinia$20x$20blakeana/indiantreepix/WUz7SIl0pt0/7F1d4il4Sz8J
I confirm hereby that images from both of my posts were recorded from the same tree. A relevant document is here - http://www.amjbot.org/content/92/3/525.full Thank you & regards, Surajit Koley * * * * On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:56 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Feedback from another thread > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/WUz7SIl0pt0 > : > > "Thank you for drawing my attention to the fact that *B.* *blakeana* is a > sterile plant. I also read, in January, about the sterile flowers of *B. > blakeana* in wikipedia and other websites. > But there is a discussion at - > http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53664/where someone claims that it bears > seedpod. Again there is an image > claiming to be seedpod of the same plant - > http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=030702-0067&o=plants > So, if it is not the *B. x blakeana* then my earlier post ( > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/bauhinia$20x$20blakeana/indiantreepix/2fer1UHmLTI/X2wqPw3W38kJ) > should also be some other species, might be *B. variegata*." from Surjit > ji. > > > On 30 January 2012 21:48, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> Yesterday, I have had a short chat with Dinesh-ji (in the 'facebook' >> group 'Indian Flora') over the identification of this Bauhinia sp. He >> identified it as *Bauhinia x blakeana* or the 'Hong Kong Orchid Tree'. >> Dinesh-ji also provided me links (given below) of the two earlier >> 'efloraofindia' posts where Garg Sir and Gurcharan Sir discussed the >> identity of this plant. >> >> Today, i took some more photos of the same plant that i attach herewith. >> >> Species - Bauhinia x blakeana >> >> Date/Time- 30/01/2012 >> Location- Nalikul (Hooghly District), West Bengal >> Habitat- Garden >> Plant Habit- Tree >> Height- 40 ft. approx. >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Double lobbed, heart shaped >> Inflorescence Type/ Size- In long racemes >> Flowers Colour- Rose-purple >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- NA >> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- This plant has >> been described as ".... a hybrid between Bauhinia variegata and Bauhinia >> purpurea" (wikipedia) >> >> ID & Info help : I copied text from Wikipedia and earlier posts by >> Gurucharan Sir and Garg Sir. >> The links are - >> 1) >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana/indiantreepix/XIp9z4j4Bwc/4EDa0bMJm5kJ >> 2) >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana/indiantreepix/x7RhxjRsuaU/L2qpvBI9SikJ >> 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_blakeana >> 4) http://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/315289491845730/ >> >> Thank you and Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & > 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
